ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,999, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BASECAMP VASCULAR (Reims, France).
"Steerable elongated functional system" was invented by Jean-Baptiste Cazeneuve (Ivry-sur-seine, France) and Camille Maiano (Breles, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steerable elongated functional system, such as a catheter or an endoscope, for internally investigating a pipe, a duct or a tube. Especially, an elongated functional system configured to be advanced in the lumen of a pipe, a duct or a tube. The system includes an elongated flexible body, at least one of a first and a second actuator, each being arranged in or on the elongated flexible body,...